[Texas Eagle]

Shouldn’t the boyfriend’s family pay for his funeral?

[Krankor]

Shouldn’t the boyfriend’s family pay for his funeral?

Yeah, it sounds like she now owns a dress she can't use and is trying to find a way to shame the shop into refunding her money. If she really wants the money donated to her boyfriend's healthcare, why not just sell the $1200 "credit"? She's already gotten a lot of publicity and this could help get even more donations for her sweetheart.

[TheWriterTX]

Funerals are pretty darn expensive. Most people thought I was nuts when I bought life insurance policies on all 3 of my kids as soon as they were born and eligible. $50K each.

Then again, most of them had never gone through the expense of burying a child. My family was intimately familiar with that experience, and that usually shut folks up.

Who knows? In today's economy, the family could be hanging on by a thread, and may have already depleted their savings prior to this event.

In the end, though, it's not the store's business to offer a refund on what was obviously a custom-made dress; unfortunate situation or not.

[TheWriterTX]

Funerals are pretty darn expensive. Most people thought I was nuts when I bought life insurance policies on all 3 of my kids as soon as they were born and eligible. $50K each.

Then again, most of them had never gone through the expense of burying a child. My family was intimately familiar with that experience, and that usually shut folks up.

Who knows? In today's economy, the family could be hanging on by a thread, and may have already depleted their savings prior to this event.

In the end, though, it's not the store's business to offer a refund on what was obviously a custom-made dress; unfortunate situation or not.